From Montessori to Movement Educator
International Brain Gym® Faculty
Cindy is a former Montessori educator with 25 years of experience in the classroom, has been a Licensed Brain Gym® Instructor since 2003, and owns a business, In-Motion Intelligence. She is a certified Train the Trainer in the state of Minnesota and a master teacher of adult education. As an adjunct professor at two universities and a dynamic public speaker, she brings the relationship between movement and lifelong learning to hundreds every year. Additionally, Cindy teaches Brain Gym® International’s core curriculum (Brain Gym 101, Optimal Brain Organization, In Depth and Practicum) and Visioncircles, offers a multitude of introductory trainings, sponsors other classes, facilitates private sessions with clients, and works as our Operations Director. The rest of her life is filled as mother of three children (7, 11 and 13) and wife where she dispatches for her husband’s company. This woman wears many hats and regularly balances for integration!
Cindy’s Brain Gym® Story
Ten years ago I owned and operated Evergreen Montessori School. A parent at my school attended a two- hour Brain Gym Intro; she brought me the notes and the instructor’s contact information assuring me I’d be interested. It was the middle of winter in Minnesota, our house was busy with a newborn and a two year old, sleep was at a premium, the Montessori school had its first waiting list, and I felt like life was a continuous rat race. I registered for the Brain Gym® 101 course as an escape from reality. Little did I know it would change every aspect of that reality! I noticed positive changes in my students and myself immediately —attitude, coordination, organization, relationships, academics, and then some! I took more courses and became licensed within a year. A couple of years later our third child came along and I was asked to teach Brain Gym® 101 at Hamline University. After much discernment I chose to close my school and focus more energy on Brain Gym. Becoming faculty was on my list of intentions and I’m so thrilled to be teaching the upper level courses now. Sharing this amazing work with others is a highlight of my life! It challenges my comfort zone as my professional opportunities expand. And perhaps more importantly, it brings me peace and happiness in ways I never imagined possible.
Reprinted from Edu-K Update
Goldade, Cindy. “Featured Faculty.” Edu-K Update (2012).
